Kinetic modeling and trickle-bed CFD studies in the catalytic wet oxidation of vanillic acid

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 8380-8387

  Lopes, Rodrigo J G ^a   Silva, Adrián M T ^a   Quinta Ferreira, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EULERIAN MODEL; KINETIC MODELING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 37249075472     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070009a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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